Victim Support Europe, the voice of victims in europehttps://victimsupport.eu
Victim Support Europe is the leading European umbrella organisation advocating on behalf of all victims of crime, no matter what the crime or the victim.Mon, 19 Feb 2018 17:11:50 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4VSE building capacities and sharing knowledge to strengthen victim support services across Europehttps://victimsupport.eu/news/vse-building-capacities-sharing-knowledge-strengthen-victim-support-services-across-europe/
https://victimsupport.eu/news/vse-building-capacities-sharing-knowledge-strengthen-victim-support-services-across-europe/#respondFri, 16 Feb 2018 11:59:27 +0000https://victimsupport.eu/?p=6395Victim Support Europe as the leading European network of organisations is offering support to victims of crime across the EU. VSE’s members are supporting over 2 million victims across Europe every year. Whilst since the implementation deadline of the EU Victims’ Rights Directive many Member States have stepped up to improve victim support services across […]

]]>Victim Support Europe as the leading European network of organisations is offering support to victims of crime across the EU. VSE’s members are supporting over 2 million victims across Europe every year.

Whilst since the implementation deadline of the EU Victims’ Rights Directive many Member States have stepped up to improve victim support services across Europe, others are lagging behind. The diversity of national victim support system is represented in our rich and diverse membership. Victim Support Europe works with its members to strengthen victim support services across Europe and support civil society and governments to set up national victim support services where there are none.

Victim Support Europe’s approach to capacity building is a comprehensive one where training, capacity building, knowledge sharing platforms and standards are combined to amplify organisations’ strengths and support further developments. Capacity building efforts of the past years were elaborated and diversified in 2017. Centres of Excellence were set up to allow VSE members to share expertise, good practices and strategies on issues they prioritised. The first ever Winter Training was held responding to the need of VSE members to increase their knowledge and skills on supporting victims of terrorism. Capacity Building activities were continued in countries were generic national victim support services do not exist yet such as Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Romania and Bulgaria. These visits and continuous contacts aimed to support victim support organisations as well as government actors to build victim support services in their countries. Other VSE Members had the chance to visit France Victimes – our French member – to learn about their work and country context.

Centres of Excellence

Since 2017 Victim Support Europe has brought its members together on issues they prioritised to offer a platform where knowledge, best practices and expertise can be shared, strategies can be set out and policy guidelines can be developed. This year Victim Support Europe has set up three centres of Excellence namely a centre on a) European Helplines on Victims of Crime, b) Distant support, 3) monitoring of EU legislation on Victims of crime.

On 19th and 20th of October APAV hosted a Victim Support Europe meeting on European Helplines. During the meeting Victim Support Europe Members running a free helpline for victims of crime discussed their work with the 116006 European Helpline. Weisser Ring (Germany), Weisser Ring (Austria), Croatian Victim and Witness Support Service (Croatia), Crime Victims Helpline (Ireland), Bílý Kruh Bezpečí (Czech Republic), Offerrådgivningen i Danmark (Denmark), Rikosuhripäivystys (RIKU, Finland) and the Portuguese Association for Victim Support (APAV, Portugal) were all present. During the workshop both technical, organisational and policy issues around the 116006 helplines were discussed and experiences shared. The meeting proved to be very interesting and useful for most participants. It moreover allowed for an in-depth discussion of commonalities and differences in the ways 116006 helplines are run. The participants discussed the way forward and common recommendations and goals.

To encourage and broaden interchange between the organizations members of Victim Support Europe regarding to online advice, VSE and WEISSER RING Germany organised a Supporting At A Distance workshop in Mainz/Germany in September. Facing an ever-increasing demand on the internet for psychological support advisory organizations are continually broadening their services to cater to the needs of victims seeking help. The workshop has been organized to exchange views, knowledge and networks about the implementation and use of ‘supporting at a distance’. In six workgroups the participants discussed e.g. about the technical implementation of online advice, quality assurance as well as selection and training of advisors. Furthermore, blended counselling and the continually growing importance of social media with the new possibilities related were subjects matter.

Winter School on Supporting Victims of Terrorism

From Monday 20 to Wednesday 22 November VSE held its first ever Winter School on Supporting Victims of Terrorism with participants from our member and partner organisations France Victimes, V-Europe, APAV, Slachtofferhulp Nederland, Offerrådgivningen i Danmark, Steunpunt Algemeen Welzijnswerk, Weisser Ring, Victim Support Russia, NATAL. The subject of the Winter School was determined after an elaborate analysis of the needs of VSE’s members. An increasing level of terrorist attacks in Europe affecting an international group of victims have made that many of VSE’s members have been supporting victims of terrorism in the past years. The particular needs of victims of terrorism and the complementary support and response is something many of our members are dealing with. Especially the introduction of the EU Directive on Combating terrorism has incited Member States to ensure victims of terrorism are able to get the support they need. The foundations of the Winter School were set in the recent study carried out by Victim Support Europe with EIPA for the European Parliament. Lectures were provided by experts like Jelena Watkins (UK), Yotam and Tamar [PLEASE INCLUDE LAST NAMES] of NATAL (Israel), Karina Huberman of V-Europe as well as VSE’s Levent Altan, Ilse van de Walle and An Verelst Levent Latan and guest experts and speakers.

During these three days participants of the Winter school had the opportunity to learn more about Traumatic reactions in Victims of Terrorism, identification, psycho-education and support of victims & Support techniques and principles of supporting victims of terrorism. In-depth discussion were held on cross-border referrals and collaboration in a dedicated session.

VSE’s report How can the EU and the member states better help victims of terrorism was presented as an introduction to the working sessions. And the focus laid on exchange of knowledge, best practices, challenges and expertise on supporting victims terrorism across the European Union and world. The input of V-Europe, Jelena Watkins and victim support organisations from across Europe provided interesting grounds for a discussion on the importance of the peer support for victims of terrorism. The Winter school also looked at Vicarious Trauma and building resilience in victim support workers & Planning, preparation and

Capacity Building

Victim Support Europe has continued its collaboration and partnerships with victim support organisations and government institutions in countries were national generic victim support services do not exist yet.

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President João Lázaro visited VSE’s members and partners in Italy to learn about their work and to strengthen the ongoing important developments of setting up a network of victim support services across the countries. Victim Support Europe was also honoured to receive a delegation of the Bulgarian and Romanian judiciary to share knowledge and expertise on victim support services and victims’ rights.

VSE’s President João Lázaro also strengthened ongoing work with Greek partners in supporting initiatives to provide support to victims of crime. Whilst little evolution on the provision of national victim support to all victims of crime in Greece seems to be observed, VSE’s partnerships in Greece give hope for a slow but steady improvement In the attention paid to victims of crime.

Study visit and workshop in France

The end of October Victim Support Europe and a delegation of nine members [please cite names] were honoured to be welcomed to the France Victimes offices in Paris. Two days were dedicated to learning about victim support in France, the work of France Victimes and the collaboration between governments and civil society in supporting victims of crime. All participants were impressed with the work of France Victimes embedded in a longlasting history of strong initiative, quality services and collaboration. VSE and its members were welcome to the local office of [I will look up name but it is the Paris office] in the Paris courthouse to see how victim support is offered in the field. The French government was kind to open their doors to a visit of the VSE delegation to share their experiences and strategies in ensuring victims of crime in France receive the support they need. Throughout the study visit ample attention was given to the specific topics and needs expressed by visiting VSE Members. The hospitality and expertise of France Victimes made this visit inspirational for all attendees. A workshop on the second day allowed for a consolidation of the study visit and immediate translation to the context and reality of the different partners.

Standards

Since a few years Victim Support Europe and its’ members have been working towards a set of Quality standards that allow for a strengthened service offered to victims of crime. An extensive and participatory process led to the adoption of the first draft of standards for victim support organisations at the VSE General Meeting in November 2017. A lengthy guidance document and procedural guideline accompanied the 9 standards.

A first technical visit was done to France Victimes to inform the process and content of victim support standards. A second technical visit was set in Croatia were an in-depth pilot evaluation process was undertaken with Bijeli Krug. As VSE’s full member in Croatia Bijeli Krug underwent a first evaluation of the nine victim support standards. The following months Bijeli Krug will put in place the necessary changes and implement improvements to abide by all standards. The Victim Support Europe standards for victim support services are an important step in furthering quality in victim support services in Europe. Therefore accreditation processes are strongly linked to a complementary effort of capacity building, collaboration with other VSE members and training to ensure compliance to standards is directly linked to a rise in quality of the services.

Victim Support Europe’s diverse ways to strengthen victim support services across Europe aim to amplify the great work that is already in place in different Member States while strengthening the areas where there is still a need for improvement. In 2018 Victim Support Europe will continue its path to build capacity of victim support services all over Europe with an even more powerful belief that bringing together victim support organisations, government institutions and experts together it the way to go.

]]>https://victimsupport.eu/news/vse-building-capacities-sharing-knowledge-strengthen-victim-support-services-across-europe/feed/0VSE Annual Conference 2018https://victimsupport.eu/news/vse-annual-conference-2018/
https://victimsupport.eu/news/vse-annual-conference-2018/#respondWed, 07 Feb 2018 10:01:52 +0000https://victimsupport.eu/?p=6378We’re proud to officially announce that the VSE’s Annual conference, hosted jointly by Victim Support Sweden, will be held on 23-24 May in Stockholm, Sweden. You can find full details at http://www.vse2018.eu/. You can already pre-register at http://www.vse2018.eu/registration/ and this will secure you early bird rates. Full registration will open in the coming weeks once […]

]]>We’re proud to officially announce that the VSE’s Annual conference, hosted jointly by Victim Support Sweden, will be held on 23-24 May in Stockholm, Sweden. You can find full details at http://www.vse2018.eu/.

You can already pre-register at http://www.vse2018.eu/registration/ and this will secure you early bird rates. Full registration will open in the coming weeks once all workshops and events are finalised.

This year’s theme is focused on Reaching out to Victims.

Whilst there has been much progress over the last years to help victims of crime, we know that there are many thousands if not millions of victims who never access justice or support.

The aim of the conference this year is to look at the barriers which prevent victims from coming forward and what solutions have been developed to give victims better access to their rights. As part of this theme, we will focus on groups that are particularly vulnerable or find it especially hard to come forward.

This includes victims of sexual violence, honour crimes, hate crimes, cybercrime, cross border victims (including victims of terrorism) and stalking. It also includes victims with disabilities, children and many others.

As always, the Conference will include an exciting programme of speakers, workshops and social events. As part of this, we have now launched the call for papers for workshops which will focus on:

Reaching the vulnerable victims and specific groups of victims

Getting support to victims

Working through partnerships and community to reach and support victims

The workshops are a great opportunity to highlight the work you are doing whether front line support work, research, individual projects or other related work. If you’re interested, please submit your proposals by 12 March 2018 to vse2018@boj.se.

Following the success of last year’s international symposium on victims of terrorism, we are looking to co-organise a follow up event on 22 May. The event is by invite only and will be addressed to those already working with or on behalf of victims of terrorism. If you work with victims of terrorism and would like to be considered by the committee for invitation, please let us know via vse2018@boj.se.

Following the appointment of Mrs Milquet as Special Advisor to EU Commission President Juncker, VSE is support the Special Advisor by organising the half-day seminar on 25 May which will discuss problems and recommendations for improving state crime compensation systems for victims. Your input in this seminar will directly influence the EU’s future position and policy on compensation matters.

The event will be open to VSE members, State compensation authorities, and to others by invite only. Further details will be provided in due course.

VSE Annual General Meeting – 25 May, Stockholm Sweden

VSE’s Annual General Meeting will take place on the afternoon of 25 May. The AGM is open to VSE members though only full members may vote. Further details to follow.

]]>https://victimsupport.eu/news/vse-annual-conference-2018/feed/0Recruitment of a full-time Deputy Directorhttps://victimsupport.eu/job-vacancies/recruitment-full-time-deputy-director/
https://victimsupport.eu/job-vacancies/recruitment-full-time-deputy-director/#respondMon, 05 Feb 2018 11:20:19 +0000https://victimsupport.eu/?p=6317The Deputy will support the Executive Director in the development and implementation of the VSEs strategic plans and policies, provide leadership and direction to VSE’s staff, and will be in responsible for delivering VSE’s core programme objectives.

Victim Support Europe is currently looking for a full-time Deputy Director. Reporting directly to the Executive Director, and with responsibility to act on his behalf in his absence, the Deputy will support the Executive Director in the development and implementation of the VSEs strategic plans and policies, provide leadership and direction to VSE’s staff, and will be in responsible for delivering VSE’s core programme objectives.

The Deputy Director will also ensure good governance of the organisation through close collaboration with the Executive Board and Management Team.

This busy and high profile role requires a highly organised person with an excellent level of knowledge on victimisation issues, as well as someone with strong interpersonal skills who is able to engage with a diverse range of stakeholders from senior politicians, Directors, frontline staff, government authorities as well as VSE members.

The post will be based in our head office in Brussels but travel will occasionally be required.

Key responsibilities

Developing, managing and implementing activities under Victim Support Europe’s work programme, projects and strategic objectives;

Assist the executive director with strategic planning and coordination of the organization’s programs, projects, and policy positions.

Sustaining and further developing relationships with stakeholders and partners;

Ensuring good governance through strong collaboration with VSE’s governance structures;

Develop, manage and implement capacity building and training activities

The deadline for sending applications is 21 February 2017. A first round of interviews will take place on 28 February.

Please note that only short-listed applicants will be contacted. Travel costs for interviews in Brussels will not be reimbursed.

About Victim Support Europe

Victim Support Europe is the leading Europe-wide umbrella organisation for victims of crime. It is a dynamic organisation, going through an exciting period of expansion and development. It currently consists of 47 organisations from 27 countries including 22 Member States of the European Union plus Russia, Serbia, Switzerland and the USA.

VSE advocates on behalf of victims, to strengthen their safety and security rights and protection throughout Europe. The organisation aims to ensure that every victim in Europe is able to access information and support services in the aftermath of crime, regardless of where the victim lives or where the crime took place.

]]>https://victimsupport.eu/job-vacancies/recruitment-full-time-deputy-director/feed/0Best Indie Filmmaker award for #RightToBeForgottenhttps://victimsupport.eu/news/best-indie-filmmaker-award-righttobeforgotten/
https://victimsupport.eu/news/best-indie-filmmaker-award-righttobeforgotten/#respondWed, 31 Jan 2018 10:51:37 +0000https://victimsupport.eu/?p=6360VSE is proud to announce that our newest short film on revenge porn #RightToBeForgotten won the award for Best Indie Filmmaker at the Top Shorts Film Festival. Top Shorts is an IMDb qualifying festival, and was recently ranked 8th Best Reviewed Festival out of over 4,000 of the world’s best film festivals. It is the […]

]]>VSE is proud to announce that our newest short film on revenge porn #RightToBeForgotten won the award for Best Indie Filmmaker at the Top Shorts Film Festival.

Top Shorts is an IMDb qualifying festival, and was recently ranked 8th Best Reviewed Festival out of over 4,000 of the world’s best film festivals. It is the world’s leading online film festival, separated into two parts: Monthly competition and Annual Film Festival. #RightToBeForgotten received the award in the monthly competition part.

The movie is created to help broaden access and awareness of support to victims of cybercrime. Movie is produced in collaboration between Transcendent Media Capital and Victim Support Europe with support of European Commission/DG Justice and it is part of our broader campaign for support to victims of cybercrime in 2018.

The plot involves Justine who discovers naked photos of herself posted online and finds herself the subject of secondary vistimisation.

Women’s Room – Center for Sexual Rights

The Women’s Room – Center for Sexual Rights is a non-governmental, feminist, non-profit organization established with the aim of empowerment of women and raising awareness of institutions and general public about women’s sexuality and sexual rights through education, research, advocacy and public work. The Women’s Room provides direct and indirect assistance and support to persons who survived sexual violence. The vision of the Women’s Room is a society free from patriarchy, discrimination, misogyny and gender-based violence, where individual choice is the fundamental value.

Women`s Room goals are:
o Elimination of against all forms of sex, gender and sexual discrimination;
o Empowerment of women in exercising their fundamental human rights;
o Prevention of sexual violence against women and sexual and gender minorities;
o Provision of direct help to women who have survived sexual violence;
o Promotion and protection of sexual rights pursuant to the Declaration of Sexual Rights;
o Introduction of comprehensive and inclusive sexual education based on scientific facts, at all education levels;
o Promotion of positive attitudes on female sexuality, sexual health and freedom of choice;
o Elimination of discrimination based on gender expression and/or identity, sexual orientation, and intersexual characteristics;
o Empowerment of LGBTIQ persons in exercising their fundamental human rights.

Organizational goals are fulfilled through 5 activities:
o Center for Victims of Sexual Violence
o Education
o Scholarly research
o Publishing
o Development of public policy against sexual violence through public works, lobbying and networking

Our core activity is Center for Victims of Sexual Violence in which our experts provide direct and indirect support and help for victims of sexual violence. Our team is working with victims through providing: support during the process of reporting sexual violence (accompanying the survivor to the police and hospital); preparations for court proceedings; counselling and therapy: crisis counselling (medical, legal and psychological), trauma-focused therapy, psychological counselling for family or friends of the victim; development of and publishing different materials for victims.

Our other main activity are educations. Women`s Room team is making a great efforts in the implementation of educational programs on the topic of violence against women, sexual violence, trafficking in women for sexual exploitation, sex and gender, sexual rights, women’s sexuality, sexual and gender minorities. Educational programs are implemented through trainings, workshops, lectures, supervision, consultations, seminars, performances, concerts and other public events.

All our activities are focused on mainly women victims of gender-based violence with emphasis on sexual violence, children, youth, representatives of relevant state institutions, representatives of civil society organizations, LGBTIQ population persons, society at large.

Women`s Room launched a web site “Safe Zone” (www.sigurnomjesto.hr/en/) intended for women who are victims of all forms of violence in 2012. This web site have unique search engine with contacts of all relevant institutions (police stations, hospitals, courts, civil society shelters and counselling centers, etc.) for all Croatian regions.

Significant achievements

Women`s Room officially opened in April 2008 the Center for Victims of Sexual Violence. The Center is the only referral center for victims of sexual violence in Croatia and their close persons (family members, friends, partners, etc.). The main objective of the Center for Victims of Sexual Violence is improving the quality of life for survivors of any form of sexual violence. Center continues to to expand its services and improve the quality of work through the years because of providing holistic and feministic approach to survivors and their close persons.

Organization launched the web site “Safe Zone” (www.sigurnomjesto.hr/en/) intended for women who are victims of all forms of violence in 2012. This web site have unique search engine with contacts of all relevant institutions (police stations, hospitals, courts, civil society shelters and counselling centers, etc.) for all Croatian regions.

Women`s Room organized and held the first international conference on sexual violence in Croatia, called “System of Public Policies and Support for Victims of Sexual Violence” , which took place on 23rd of October 2015 in Zagreb in the Croatian Parliament. The conference was organized by Women’s Room – Center for Sexual Rights, as a part of the EU project PROGRESS – My Voice against Violence, in partnership with the Governmental Office for Gender Equality of Croatia and civil society organization CESI (Center for Education, Counseling and Research). The conference is co-organized by the Parliamentary Committee for Gender Equality. The goals of the conference were: raising awareness about the unacceptability of all forms of violence against women and girls; informing relevant governmental bodies and institutions about the problem of insufficient support for victims/survivors of sexual violence in Croatia; improving support-systems for sexual violence victims/survivors through the development and implementation of public policies and necessary services when working with victims/survivors; establishing and strengthening interdepartmental cooperation of all relevant bodies, institutions and civil society organizations providing support to victims and combating sexual violence. Topics of the conference were: the importance of providing help and support to victims/survivors of sexual violence; the role of the Protocol of Conduct in Case of Sexual Violence; examples of good practice in combating sexual violence from European states.

During 2017 Women’s Room started a campaign #ShareResponsibly. The campaign was created with the aim of sensitizing and informing young people about all forms of sexualized violence, electronic and electronic sexualized violence, ways of prevention and about mechanisms of protection and support in case of violence. Campaign is implemented on three social networks (Facebook, YouTube and Instagram). It had and it’s still having a great impact in Croatia on a field of rising awareness about electronic sexualized violence.

Women`s Room started in 2013 to organize and implement specialized educations for experts, persons who work with victims of gender-based violence, ie. sexual violence and domestic violence. This specialized educations last for 60 to 80 hours through 3 or 4 modules (one module lasts one or two day). Participants in educations are persons who are coming in contact with victims: expert staff from the police, educational system, judicial system, healthcare system and representatives of civil society organizations. Trainings featured lectures from psychologists, judges from misdemeanour court, county court and court for youth, doctors psychiatrists, social workers, and so on. Women`s Room latest specialized education was organized and held in two Croatian towns in parallel, in Zagreb and Slavonski Brod through four modules. Education named “Specialized training for expert personnel working with victims of sexual violence” finally finished 60 persons from this two towns.

Irish Road Victims Association (IRVA)

The Irish Road Victims Association is a NGO that supports those bereaved or injured by road collisions and campaigns for justice, rights and recognition for Road Crash Victims.

It works with all Stakeholders whose common aim to prevent road deaths and injuries, to improve road crash investigations and to improve support services for Road Victims and bereaved families.

It campaigns for a fairer justice system, with more transparent investigations, prosecutions and Coroner’s inquests. It seeks improved support and recognition for Road Victims together with timely accurate information provided for those affected by road deaths and injuries, without excessive fees being applied.

Irish Road Victims Association – Emotional Support

The Irish Road Victims Association comprises a group of people, many of whom have lost a loved one in a road traffic collision or have been injured themselves, their colleagues, relatives and friends. They are available to speak to bereaved families if they would like to discuss any aspect of their post-crash experience.

Irish Road Victims Association – Practical Support

Information Guides

The IRVA has produced a Guide for the Families of Victims of Road Traffic Collisions. It is available for anybody affected by road traffic collisions, including bereaved families. It outlines the steps involved in the professional Garda investigation of serious injury and fatal collisions, and the subsequent post-mortem, inquest and legal proceedings (where applicable) and offers information and advice to the victim’s family.

The Irish Road Victims’ Association is a member of the European Federation for Road Traffic Victims (FEVR) and is also a member of the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety & Road Victims.

The IRVA is also a signatory to the European Road Safety Charter (ERSC).

]]>https://victimsupport.eu/news/vse-welcomes-two-new-associate-members-2/feed/0VIII Annual Conference of the Victimology Society of Serbiahttps://victimsupport.eu/news-from-members/viii-annual-conference-victimology-society-serbia/
https://victimsupport.eu/news-from-members/viii-annual-conference-victimology-society-serbia/#respondWed, 17 Jan 2018 14:32:26 +0000https://victimsupport.eu/?p=6348VIII Annual Conference of the Victimology Society of Serbia Victims between security, human rights and justice: Local and global context held on 30th November and 1st December 2017 in Belgrade. Within the main Conference topic, the focus was on exploring the connection between the concepts of security, human rights, and justice, and, in relation to […]

]]>VIII Annual Conference of the Victimology Societyof SerbiaVictims between security, human rights and justice: Local and global context held on 30th November and 1st December 2017 in Belgrade.

Within the main Conference topic, the focus was on exploring the connection between the concepts of security, human rights, and justice, and, in relation to that, on critical thinking about position of victims in the context of global and local responses to crime, insecurity and human rights’ violations. Participants examined if and to what extent social responses to different forms of victimisation contribute to victims’ equal access to justice, respecting victims’ rights and meeting their needs.

The keynote speakers were:

Prof. dr Marc Groenhuijsen: The connection between the concepts of security, human rights, and justice. Victimology in a rapidly changing environment.

Prof. dr Katja Franko: Global (in)security and victim inequality

Prof. dr Stephan Parmentier: Reparations for Victims after Violent Conflict: How to take them seriously?

The first plenary session on the conference was entitled Twenty years of standing up of the Victimology Society of Serbia for the rights of all victims in Serbia: Social context, challenges, results and a view into the future. The speakers on this session were:

Prof. dr Vesna Nikolić-Ristanović, director of VDS: Victimology and the victims’ right movement in Serbia and the place and role of the Victimology Society of Serbia in their development

Dr Sanja Ćopić, VDS: Improvement of the position of victims in Serbia: Evidence-based advocacy of the Victimology Society of Serbia for reforms of legislation and practice

Jasmina Nikolić, VDS: Advocacy for raising awareness on victim’s rights and needs: Development of the VDS info and victim support service

Aleksandra Ivanković, Victim Support Europe, Belgium: The future of victim support in Serbia: Towards compliance with the EU Victims’ Rights Directive

]]>https://victimsupport.eu/news-from-members/viii-annual-conference-victimology-society-serbia/feed/0Update on activities from White Circle Croatiahttps://victimsupport.eu/news/update-activities-frm-white-circle-croatia/
https://victimsupport.eu/news/update-activities-frm-white-circle-croatia/#respondTue, 16 Jan 2018 13:11:13 +0000https://victimsupport.eu/?p=6408White Circle Croatia entered into partnership with NGO’s from Bulgaria, Croatia, Great Britain and Slovenia in FIRST project- first against violence, project that was co-funded by European Commission Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme. Employees of White Circle Croatia, legal adviser Matea Anić and operation manager Mia Božić Mihanović attended conference in Zagreb that held place […]

]]>White Circle Croatia entered into partnership with NGO’s from Bulgaria, Croatia, Great Britain and Slovenia in FIRST project- first against violence, project that was co-funded by European Commission Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme. Employees of White Circle Croatia, legal adviser Matea Anić and operation manager Mia Božić Mihanović attended conference in Zagreb that held place fron 29th November till 1st December 2017.

White Circle Croatia as partner in EC Justice Programme ˝Rights, support, protection and compensation of victims of crime˝ with Documenta from Zagreb, Centre for Peace, Non-violence and Human Rights from Osijek and Victim and Whiteness Support Service from Vukovar participated in Report on the implementation of Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the establishment of minimum standards of the rights, support and protection of victims of crime in the Republic of Croatia for Ministry of Justice and European Commission.

White Circle Croatia as part of working group from Ministry of Justice with goal of writing Protocol for Individual Assessment of Victims, after Protocol was published gaved their comments to Ministry of Justice stating that goal of the Protocol was not achieved, but comments were not replied to and were not take into consideration as we can see from final version of Protocol that is effective from 31st of December.

White Circle Croatia started working with Victim Support Europe on setting standards for NGO’s functioning as first organization in Croatia, along with France. We already had visit from An Verelst, deputy director of VSE and started working on improvements.

White Circle Croatia held educational workshops for two days, 18th and 19th of December for volunteers who will work on our free SOS helpline 0800 63 29 where they went through instruction of principals of free legal aid in Croatia along with communication skills and psycho-social support.

From 8th of January White Circle Croatia started with our free SOS helpline 0800 63 29 which is designated for all victims of violence who need legal and psycho-social support. We were very active in media, like television and newspapers, along with social media like Facebook- links will be in e-mail attached for purpose of distributing news about starting new SOS helpline.

]]>https://victimsupport.eu/news/update-activities-frm-white-circle-croatia/feed/0Libra Onlus project: “Game Over – You Win”https://victimsupport.eu/news/libra-onlus-project-game-win/
https://victimsupport.eu/news/libra-onlus-project-game-win/#respondTue, 16 Jan 2018 13:07:36 +0000https://victimsupport.eu/?p=6404LIBRA ONLUS Association is now involved in the project “Game Over – You Win”, basically focused on the widespread social issue of gambling. Official data attest an overall increasing in the amount of money spent on gambling in Italy, with major consequences especially on the quality of life of people affected by this problem, typically […]

]]>LIBRA ONLUS Association is now involved in the project “Game Over – You Win”, basically focused on the widespread social issue of gambling. Official data attest an overall increasing in the amount of money spent on gambling in Italy, with major consequences especially on the quality of life of people affected by this problem, typically resulting in poor relations and bad behaviors adopted in the attempt to obtain more and more money to gamble.

Game Over is coordinated by the Guidizzolo Local Area, in the North Mantua district. Cooperating with this local institution, we are overseeing several awareness activities that will be addressed to schools, other associations and population in general. We are planning to organize local events, in order to increase population’s knowledge about gambling and project’s issues.

Libra is also promoting its Victim Support Centre intending to provide help to individuals that realize to suffer from this form of addiction. Our final goal is to create two self-help group in this area: one for gamblers and the other for their relatives.

Another relevant project-partner is the medical authority of Mantua district, ATS Val Padana, which contributes to the formation activities we will organize in schools. This one-year project is financed by Lombardy Region.

]]>https://victimsupport.eu/news/libra-onlus-project-game-win/feed/0Supporting Justice awarded their first Quality Markhttps://victimsupport.eu/news-from-members/supporting-justice-awarded-first-quality-mark/
https://victimsupport.eu/news-from-members/supporting-justice-awarded-first-quality-mark/#respondTue, 16 Jan 2018 13:01:24 +0000https://victimsupport.eu/?p=6401Supporting justice awarded their first Quality Mark to Derbyshire Victim Services. Derbyshire Victim Services offers support to victims of crime and anti-social behavior in Derbyshire and is run by Remedi which delivers restorative justice services in several areas across northern England. Derbyshire Victim Services offers an excellent service to victims and our assessment team were hugely […]

]]>Supporting justice awarded their first Quality Mark to Derbyshire Victim Services. Derbyshire Victim Services offers support to victims of crime and anti-social behavior in Derbyshire and is run by Remedi which delivers restorative justice services in several areas across northern England.

Derbyshire Victim Services offers an excellent service to victims and our assessment team were hugely impressed by the commitment and effectiveness of the staff and volunteers who deliver this. Their approach is inclusive and they demonstrated their willingness to “go that extra mile” and offer them the holistic approach to support that they need. The whole team works as one and SJ were impressed to observe a culture of mutual support and flexibility where the staff and volunteers clearly put the needs of the victim first.

The award to Derbyshire Victim Services was made after a pre assessment including a review of policies and other documentation and then followed by a visit to the service and speaking with staff, volunteers and those who actually benefit, victims. It was heartening to hear from some victims about the commitment and determination of the service to make a difference to lives that had been affected by crime and where support, tangible support, was so badly needed.

White Circle Croatia entered into partnership with NGO’s from Bulgaria, Croatia, Great Britain and Slovenia in FIRST project- first against violence, project that was co-funded by European Commission Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme. Employees of White Circle Croatia, legal adviser Matea Anić and operation manager Mia Božić Mihanović attended conference in Zagreb that held place fron 29th November till 1st December 2017.

White Circle Croatia as partner in EC Justice Programme ˝Rights, support, protection and compensation of victims of crime˝ with Documenta from Zagreb, Centre for Peace, Non-violence and Human Rights from Osijek and Victim and Whiteness Support Service from Vukovar participated in Report on the implementation of Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the establishment of minimum standards of the rights, support and protection of victims of crime in the Republic of Croatia for Ministry of Justice and European Commission.

White Circle Croatia as part of working group from Ministry of Justice with goal of writing Protocol for Individual Assessment of Victims, after Protocol was published gaved their comments to Ministry of Justice stating that goal of the Protocol was not achieved, but comments were not replied to and were not take into consideration as we can see from final version of Protocol that is effective from 31st of December.

White Circle Croatia started working with Victim Support Europe on setting standards for NGO’s functioning as first organization in Croatia, along with France. We already had visit from An Verelst, deputy director of VSE and started working on improvements.

White Circle Croatia held educational workshops for two days, 18th and 19th of December for volunteers who will work on our free SOS helpline 0800 63 29 where they went through instruction of principals of free legal aid in Croatia along with communicational skills and psycho-social support.

From 8th of January White Circle Croatia started with our free SOS helpline 0800 63 29 which is designated for all victims of violence who need legal and psycho-social support. We were very active in media, like television and newspapers, along with social media like Facebook- links will be in e-mail attached for purpose of distributing news about starting new SOS helpline.